Mrs. Grant. He was a carpenter.
Mr. Hubert. Did he work for anyone as a regular proposition?
Mrs. Grant. Yes; he worked for the U.S. Government during World War I. Baltimore, Md.; he built barracks, he was a union member for 55 years.
Mr. Hubert. Did he belong to any other clubs?
Mrs. Grant. Yes—he came from a town called Sokovosolover, Poland.
Mr. Hubert. Do you know how to spell that?
Mrs. Grant. Oh, we could never get it right, it’s a case of “Sokovosolover”—we could never get it right, but there is a town there by that name and he was born in that town. Let me explain this—his people, country people, came to this country. From that particular stay, they formed this club. It was called Verein, and it was a social meeting or group where all the people from this little town and families would get together and there are still some in existence, believe it or not, and probably in Chicago and I have a cousin, my father’s nephew is still alive. His name is Abraham Rubenstein.
Mr. Hubert. And this was a club formed in Chicago by the people of this village who all came to the United States?
Mrs. Grant. Yes—that’s right, they did come at different times.
Mr. Hubert. It was a social and cultural get-together?